implore

• emplore (obsolete)

From Middle French implorer, from Latin implōrō (“I beseech, I implore”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈplɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈplɔɹ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈplo(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈploə/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: im‧plore

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implore (third-person singular simple present implores, present participle imploring, simple past and past participle implored)

1. To beg urgently or earnestly.
   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The VVinters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iii]:

     I kneel, and then implore her blessing.

   • 1899, Henryk Sienkiewicz (original), Jeremiah Curtin (translator), In Vain, Chapter 19:

     "Malinka," cried she, "ask no more, I implore thee! Enough, enough! This gentleman has delivered his message. Why lower one's self by an answer?"

   • 2022, Jennifer M. McBride, You Shall Not Condemn:

     I implore you not to allow prison to rob you of your dream or vision, nor of your dignity or self-worth. In all of us, there are untapped abilities. I encourage you to write that book, start that ministry, teach, study, […]

2. To call upon or pray to earnestly; to entreat.
   • 1725, Homer; [William Broome], transl., “Book II”, in The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646:

     Imploring all the gods that reign above.

• entreat

implore

1. inflection of implorer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

implore

1. inflection of implorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

implore

1. inflection of implorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative